Chinese Characters Starting with "T start"

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

咷

táo

This 'wail' character hides a visual pun: mouth (

呫

tiè

An 8-stroke whisper: 口 + a sound-alike 'stick' co

厗

tí

This 9-stroke cliff-sheltering-stone character isn

匋

táo

This 'pottery' character hides a kiln in its curve

剸

tuán

This rare, majestic character looks like a hand gr

剃

tì

Its left side sounds like 'younger brother' but is

傥

tǎng

This elegant 'if' hides in classical texts and nam

儓

tái

A rare, elegant character for 'servant'—its 'tái

僮

tóng

Though pronounced like 'child' (tóng), 僮 isn’t

倜

tì

This 'energetic' character hides a Tang-dynasty ar

倓

tán

Looks like 'person at dawn' — and that’s exactly

侹

tǐng

This rare character looks like 'person + court' —

侂

tuō

This rare character looks like a person beside a c

佻

tiāo

This 8-stroke character began as a wobbly kneeling

佗

tuó

This 7-stroke character hides a Bronze Age snapsho

亠

tóu

This two-stroke 'lid' radical isn’t a word — it

腾

téng

Born as a dragon-coiling glyph over a kneeling hum

陶

táo

This 'pottery' character doesn’t just hold clay

铜

tóng

Born from Zhou dynasty bronze rituals, 铜’s ‘met

蹋

tà

This 'step-on' character hides a wine vessel in it

踏

tà

This 15-stroke 'tread' character hides a secret: i

贪

tān

This 8-stroke character literally pictures a mouth

艇

tǐng

Though it looks like 'boat + court,' 艇 isn’t roy

舔

tiǎn

This 'lick' character hides a power struggle: its

膛

táng

This character hides a blacksmith’s secret: its '

胎

tāi

This 'fetus' character hides a poetic truth: its r

筒

tǒng

This 'tube' character began as a bamboo cross-sect

秃

tū

Though it uses the 'grain' radical 禾, 秃 has noth

碳

tàn

This 'carbon' character was invented in the 1800s

瘫

tān

This character’s right side looks like 'flat grou

田

tián

This 'field' character began as a Bronze Age bird

涛

tāo

Though it looks like 'water + strength', 涛 was in

滔

tāo

This character’s ‘scoop’ component isn’t decor

添

tiān

Looks like 'water + heaven', but originated as 'wa

涕

tì

This 'tears' character originally meant 'snot' —

泰

tài

Though it looks like it contains ‘water’ (氵),

汰

tài

Though it looks like 'too much' (太), 汰 is water

椭

tuǒ

A 'wood' radical describing a perfect curve — thi

摊

tān

Its right side isn’t ‘difficult’ (难) — it’s

探

tàn

This 'explore' character began as a hand reaching